Railway-track structure.



H. M. COULTER.

RAILWAY TRACK STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED 14113.25, 1913.

1,076,748. Patented 001;. 28, 1913.

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RAILWAY TRACK STRUCTURE.

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RAILWAY TRACK STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1913.

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HOWARD BE. COULTER, 0F RIFLE, COLORADO.

RAILWAY-TRACK STRUCTURE.

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specification of Letters Fatent.

Application filed. March 25, 1913.

Patented Oct. 261, 1913. Serial No. 756,716.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, Hownnn M. Coorrrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rifle, in the county of Garfield and Slate of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway -Track Structures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway track structures, and its object is to provide a novel form of rail and means for securing the same to the stringer or cross-tie, a fastoning being provided which securely holds the rail without the employment of bolts or similar fastening devices liable to get loose.

The invention also has for its object to provide a novel and improved joint for the abutting ends of the rails.

These objects are attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view, showing the track structure. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 41 is a perspective view of the several parts constituting the rail fastening, the same being shown separated. Fig. 5 is a cross section of the joint in perspective. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the two fish plates employed in connection with the jomt. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail of the means for interlocking the fish plates.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the rail comprises a head 15 and two web members 16 and 17 depending from the head. The web member 16 is shorter than the web member 17 and has an outstanding base flange 18. The tie which supports the rails is a beam 19 suitably shaped at its ends to provide a seat for the rails. The beam may be solid or of skeleton or channeled form. As the rail-seats at the ends of the tie are alike, a description of one suffices for both. The seat for the web member 16, said memher being on the inner side of the rail, is a reces 20 extending transversely of the beam 19 from the top thereof, and at the top of this recess are hooks 21 which engage the base flange 18. The beam also has a trans verse recess 22 of greater depth than the recess 20 to form a seat for the web member 17. Between these two recesses, the beam has an upstanding web 23 which is located in the space between the web members 16 and 17 and has its top portion abutting against the under side of the rail head 15. The wall of the recess 22 which is opposite the outer face of the web member 17 is inclined downward. A wed e-shaped block is placed in the recess between said inclined wall and the outer face of the web member 17. This block serves to press the web member 17 against the adjacent side of the web 23. In the top of the block 241 is a longitudinal groove 25 which provides a seat for a bail 26 for locking said block in clamping position. The bail straddles the beam 19 transversely, and is pivotally connected thereto by means of a transverse bolt 2?", so that it may be swung away from the block to release the same. 011 the floor of the recess 20 is an upstanding lug 28 which seats in a recess 29 in the bottom of the base flange 18, whereby the rail is held againstlongitudinal movement in its seat. The width of the recesses 20 and 22 is such that the rail may be moved sidewise to engage and disengage the lug 28. When the rail is shifted to place the lug in the recess 29, there is a space left between the inner face of the web member 16 and the opposite face of the web 23, and in this space is placed a locking bar 80 seating on the floor of the recess 20 and having bottom hooks 31 at'its ends to engage over the ends of the tie and hold the bar against longitudinal movement. When the rail is properly positioned in its seat, the hooks 21 overhang the base flange 18.

With the parts positioned as herein described, the rail is securely held. against upward, lateral and longitudinal displacement and a firm and rigid track structure is provided without the use of bolts or similar fastenings liable to jar loose. To remove the rail, the wedge block 2 1 and the locking bar 30 are removed, and the rail is shifted sidewise until the flange 18 clears the books 21, after which the rail may be lifted out of its seat.

ithe joint for the abutting ends of two rails is made by means of two fish-plates one for each side of the rail. The fish-plate on the side having the web member 16 comprises a hook-shaped portion 32 engaging over the flange 18 and having a horizontal inwardly extending base portion 33 extending beneath the web member as far as to the web member 17, so as to abut against the inner face thereof, at which point said base portion has a downward flange 34. The fish plate 35, on the other side of the rail, is shaped to fit the outer face of the web member 17 and has a short base portion 36 extending beneath said member and having a downturned flange 37 coinciding with the flange 34. These two flanges are fastened together face to face by a key 38 passing through registering slots therein. A further connection between the flanges 34 and 37 comprises hook-shaped tongues 39 projecting outward from th inner faces of the flanges. The tongues of the flange 3 L pass through apertures 40 in the flange 37, and the tongues of the flange 37 pass through apertures in the flange 34. It will therefore be seen that the flanges interlock with each other.

In making the joint, the two members are first connected by inserting the tongues 39 through the respective apertures and then moving the members lengthwise in opposite directions, this latter operation being necessary as the tongues point in opposite directions. After interlocking the flanges, he key 38 is applied. The rail engaging portions of the fish-plates are also connected by bolts 41, the latter also passing through the web members 16 and 17 The bolt holes are elongated to permit expansion and contraction of the rails. The bolts have heads on both ends and nuts are not employed. In order that the bolts may be applied, the bolt holes are enlarged at one end to permit the bolt heads to pass.

I claim:

1. The combination of a rail comprising a head and spaced web members, and a tie for supporting the rail, said tie having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, an upstanding web on the tie be tween the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, and means for securing the rail against lateral and longitudinal displacement.

2. The combination of a rail comprising a head and spaced web members, and a tie for supporting the rail, said tie having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, an upstanding web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, and a wedge driven into one of the recesses against the web member which seats there in, for clamping said member against the aforesaid upstanding web.

3. The combination of a rail comprising a head and spaced web members, and a tie for supporting the rail, said tie. having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, an upstanding web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, a wedge driven into one of the recesses against the web member which seats therein, for clamping said member against the aforesaid upstanding web, and a pivoted bail carried by the tie and engageable with the wedge for locking the same in the recess.

a. The combination of a rail comprising a head and spaced web members, and a tie for supporting the rail, said tie having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, an upstanding web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, a lug rising from the seat of one of the web members, said member having a recess in which the lug seats, and means for securing the rail against lateral displacement.

5. The combination of a rail comprisi a head and spaced web members, and a tie or supporting the rail, said tie havingtransverse recesses forming seats for the web members, an upstanding web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, a lug rising from the seat of one of the web. members, said member having a recess in which the lug seats, and a wedge driven into the other recess against the web member seating therein for clamping said member against the aforesaid upstanding web.

6. The combination of a rail comprisin ahead and spaced web members, one of members having an outstanding base flange, and a tie for supporting the rail, said tie having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, books on the tie engaging the aforesaid base flange, an upstanding web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, and means for securing the rail against lateral and longitudinal displace: ment.

7. The combination of a rail comprising a head and spaced web members, one of said members having an outstanding base flange, and a tie for supporting: the rail, said tie having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, books on the tie enga ing the aforesaid base flange, an upstanc ling web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, and a wedge driven into one of the recesses against the web member which seats therein, for clamping said member against the aforesaid upstanding web.

8. The combination of a rail comprisin a head and spaced web members, one of said members having an outstanding base flange, and a tie for supporting the rail, said tie ha ving transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, books on the tie engaging the aforesaid base flange, an upstanding web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, a lug rising from the seat of one of the web members, said member having a re cess in which the lug seats, and means for securing the rail against lateral displace ment.

9. The combination of a rail comprisin a head and spaced web members, one of said members having an outstanding base flange, and a tie for supportingthe rail, said tie having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, hooks on the tie engaging the aforesaid base flange, an upstanding web on the tie between the. recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, a lug rising from the seat of one of the web members, said member having a recess in which the lug seats, and a wedge driven into the other recess against the web member seating therein for clamping said member against the aforesaid upstanding web.

10. The combination of a rail comprising a head and spaced web members, and a tie for supporting the rail, said tie having transverse recesses forming seats for the web members, an upstanding web on the tie between the recesses, said web being located between the web members of the rail, a wedge driven into one of the recesses against the web member which seats therein, for clamping said member against the aforesaid upstanding web, and a locking bar in the other recess between the web member seating therein and the upstanding web.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

B. P. DIETERICI-I, J. L. CooHRAN.

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